mitch2
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| Long interconnect or short Speaker Cables As others have said, it depends on your specific system and electronics, and differences may range from subtle to clearly audible. If the pre and amp are fully balanced, this is a no-brainer, use the long IC's and short speaker cables due to the n... | |
| Do Cables Wear Out? Pabelson, I doubt if he feels anything, after reading this thread he is surely numb. As an observation, with the moniker spl, and considering his concern about wearing out his cables after "years of hard rock" he is either unmarried, or happily ma... | |
| Do Cables Wear Out? Three observations, first, nobody has mentioned corrosion, which can occur to copper cables over time;second, to Guidocorona, last time I checked coal or whatever fuel is used to power generators and does not cause impurities in the electron flow,... | |
| What's wrong with a DVD player as a transport? I seem to remember the "measurements" section of a review where John Atkinson discussed DVD players being able to generally read the more difficult test tracks without error, compared to cd players. OTOH, I found this post where he indicated their... | |
| DIY CDP Platform... There are many choices depending on what you are trying to achieve (e.g., isolation, damping, resonance transfer). I recommend thoroughly searching the archives here and at audio asylum for more discussion on this and information. Your best soluti... | |
| Mapleshade Silclear Instead of kerosine, you might try using a citrus based degreaser product like for cleaning bike chains, etc. TSP is also good for cutting grease (its the active ingredient in Dawn dish soap).I came across this thread when researching contact enha... | |
| Machina Dynamic Brilliant Pebbles? This manufacturer is making a fortune when the DIY recipes are readily available on the internet. Everyone knows if you steal some pebbles from your neighbor's Koi pond, and polish them with squirrel spit intermittently over a period of two weeks,... | |
| Replacement Fuse's - What are my options ???? How about the HiFi-Tuning fuses, you get gold over silver end caps, silver element wiring, and ceramic casing. Anyone tried these or compared to Isoclean?Link:http://www.partsconnexion.com/Index/hi-fi_tuning.html | |
| OK...ONE LAST SPEAKER QUESTION cash cash Sorry about that, I wasn't thinking about having to pay up front for the Zu's (duh, brain fart!). However, if you have the cash flow to front both pairs, having both in your own room for direct comparison would be the best way to audition, and whi... | |
| OK...ONE LAST SPEAKER QUESTION cash cash Here's an idea, Db-99's come up used once in awhile, as Tvad pointed out. Buy a used pair, then order an audition pair of Definition's from Zu, so you would have them both in your home at the same time, with plenty of time to audition both and dec... | |
| Biwiring Triwirable Speakers tweeter and midrange together. the sound will benefit more from having the woofer cable separate from the others. | |
| Many questions about HT pass-through options The volume control on your preamp is probably much better than what is on your pre-processor, so any degradation resulting from going through both volume controls would likely be virtually unnoticeable. I have tried it both ways and IME the HT pas... | |
| Hints on how to sell on A'gon? What they said. Good advice above. I would add, a simple honest description has worked best for me. If it has a few marks on it, be honest about it and try to show them in the pictures. People want to know how it works, how it looks, and that it h... | |
| Aerial 9B's for sale? The Model 8b was a revised version of the Model 8 that included changes to the crossover and internal damping. | |
| cable upgrades , real or rip off Newbee, Bigtee and Nsgarch have given you good advice. IMO, the bottom line with cables is determining at what price point (for you and your system) you are better off spending the money on component or speaker upgrades vs. cables. You may also co... |